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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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